by Editorial Staff | Dec 14, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, HHS
On December 11th, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury announced a joint final rule. The rule amends the requirements for grandfathered group health plans and grandfathered group health insurance coverage to preserve grandfather...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 5, 2020 | Affordable Care Act, IRS
On October 26th, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced specific cost-of-living adjustments for tax year 2021 contributions. This blog post covers the adjustments that affect dollar contribution limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related...
by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
While a district judge in Texas weighs the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), an appeal to the Supreme Court to review the circuit court ruling that struck down the ACA’s individual mandate has been rejected for this term. The court could...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a case brought by the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic home for the elderly and “neediest,” against a mandate by the Obama administration that they must provide birth control services in their health insurance...
by Girish Anand | Jan 5, 2020 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, U.S. Supreme Court
UPDATE: On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court set a Friday afternoon deadline for ACA opponents to respond to the Blue State coalition’s request to expedite the case to be resolved before the November 2020 election. Led by California, a coalition of 20 Blue State...
by Girish Anand | Dec 18, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled unconstitutional the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), but left the fate of its other provisions in the hands of a Texas judge, who in December 2018 ruled the entire law...